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WFNS-Aesculap Adult Fellowship in Tübingen

The World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) and the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Tübingen are pleased to announce this special fellowship program which is exclusively funded by an annual grant from Aesculap. Each year 4 young neurosurgeons especially from developing countries, will have the chance to be trained in the whole field of neurosurgical techniques at the Department of Neurosurgery in Tübingen.

Miguel A. Arraez, MD, PhD, President of the WFNS Foundation

Basant K. Misra, MD

Chairman of the WFNS Foundation

Marcos Tatagiba, MD, PhD, Professor of Neurosurgery, Chairman and Director, Department of Neurosurgery

Marcos Tatagiba, MD, PhD

Professor of Neurosurgery, Chairman and Director, Department of Neurosurgery

Program information

The Department of Neurosurgery of the University of Tübingen is a large institution which runs a daily surgical program of 10-12 surgeries, or almost 3,000 surgeries per year. There is a Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit with 16 beds, as well as a close cooperation with the Departments of Neuroradiology and Neurology.

The fellowship consists of extensive exposure to the whole spectrum of neurosurgical techniques including complex spine, functional, epilepsy, neuro-oncology, vascular, skull base, pituitary as well as the numerous translational research programmes within the Neuroscience Programme of the Department of Neurosurgery in combination with the Center of Neurology of the University of Tübingen.
 

Program details

  • Duration of fellowship will be 3 months
  • Fellows will be provided with furnished accommodation
  • Fellows will be paid scholarship of € 1,250 per month
  • The Fellowship does not provide travel expenses
  • Candidates will be allowed to attend surgeries, conferences, workshops and other educational activities during the fellowship period
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Past fellows

October - December 2023, Hafiz Asif Raihan, MD, Dhaka/Bangladesh
Dr. Sumanth Kumar Nyathani, 41st WFNS-Aesculap Adult Fellow & Andreas Knapp, VP Global Marketing and R&D Neurosurgery and Power Systems
July - September 2023, Rami M. Z. Darwazeh MD, Palestine/Jordan
Dr. Thanh Nhan Pham, 40th WFNS-Aesculap Adult Fellow
April - June 2023, Guido Andres Caffaratti, MD, Argentina
Dr. Sumanth Kumar Nyathani, 41st WFNS-Aesculap Adult Fellow & Andreas Knapp, VP Global Marketing and R&D Neurosurgery and Power Systems
October - December 2022, Parisa Azimi, MD, Iran
Dr. Thanh Nhan Pham, 40th WFNS-Aesculap Adult Fellow
July - September 2022, Sumanth Kumar Nyathani, MD, India
Dr. Sumanth Kumar Nyathani, 41st WFNS-Aesculap Adult Fellow & Andreas Knapp, VP Global Marketing and R&D Neurosurgery and Power Systems
April - June 2022, Thanh Nhan Pham, MD, Vietnam
Dr. Thanh Nhan Pham, 40th WFNS-Aesculap Adult Fellow
January - March 2022, Andrija Savić, MD, Serbia
Dr. Andrija Savić, 39th WFNS-Aesculap Adult Fellow
October - December 2021, Gayrat Eshkuvvatov, MD, Uzbekistan
Dr. Gayrat Eshkuvvatov, 38th WFNS-Aesculap Adult Fellow

April - September 2021

Due to the COVID 19 outbreak and the associated travel restrictions, the WFNS-Aesculap Adult Neurosurgery Fellowship could not be filled from April to June 2021.

January - March 2021, Imane Bersali, MD, Algeria
Dr. Imane Bersali, 37th WFNS-Aesculap Adult Fellow

April - December 2020

Due to the COVID 19 outbreak and the associated travel restrictions, the WFNS-Aesculap Adult Neurosurgery Fellowship could not be filled from April to December 2020.

January - March 2020, Janvier Hitimana, MD, Rwanda
Dr. Janvier Hitimana, 36th WFNS-Aesculap Adult Fellow & Harald Dreher, Business Development Manager Neurosurgery
October - December 2019, Vahag Aleksanyan, MD, Armenia
Dr. Vahag Aleksanyan, 35th WFNS-Aesculap Adult Fellow & Harald Dreher, Business Development Manager Neurosurgery
July - September 2019, Paula Alejandra Benitez Gasca, MD, Mexico
Dr. Paula Alejandra Benitez Gasca, 34th WFNS-Aesculap Adult Fellow & Harald Dreher, Business Manager Neurosurgery
April - June 2019, Dilshod Mamadaliev Muhammadvalievich, MD, Uzbekistan
Dr. Dilshod Mamadaliev Muhammadvalievich, 33rd WFNS-Aesculap Adult Fellow & Harald Dreher, Business Manager Neurosurgery
January - March 2019, Edgar Miguel Angel Robledo Moreno, MD, Mexico
Dr. Edgar Miguel Angel Robledo Moreno, 32nd WFNS-Aesculap Adult Fellow & Harald Dreher, Business Manager Neurosurgery
October - December 2018, Akhror T. Yoqubov, MD, Uzbekistan
Dr. Akhror T. Yoqubov, 31st WFNS-Aesculap Adult Fellow & Harald Dreher, Business Manager Neurosurgery
July - September 2018, Emmanuel Obeta, MD, Nigeria
Dr. Emmanuel Obeta, 30th WFNS Aesculap Adult Fellow & Harald Dreher, Business Manager Neurosurgery
April - June 2018, Ali Karadag, MD, Turkey
Dr. Ali Karadag 29th WFNS-Aesculap Adult Fellow & Harald Dreher, Business Manager Neurosurgery
January - March 2018, Jorge Rasmussen, MD, Argentina
Dr. Jorge Rasmussen 28th WFNS-Aesculap Adult Fellow & Harald Dreher, Business Manager Neurosurgery
October - December 2017, Gobran Al-Fotih, MD, PhD, Yemen
Patrick Schoppmeier, Junior Business Manager Neurosurgery, Dr. Gobran Al-Fotih 27th WFNS-Aesculap Adult Fellow & Harald Dreher, Business Manager Neurosurgery
July - September 2017, Jasmit Singh, MD, India
Dr. Jasmit Singh 26th WFNS-Aesculap Adult Fellow & Harald Dreher, Business Manager Neurosurgery
April - June 2017, Emiliano Mollea, MD, Argentina
Dr. Emiliano Mollea 25th WFNS-Aesculap Adult Fellow & Harald Dreher, Business Manager Neurosurgery
January - March 2017, Victoria Palins’ka, MD, Ukraine
Patrick Schoppmeier, Junior Business Manager Neurosurgery, Dr. Victoria Palins’ka 24th WFNS-Aesculap Adult Fellow & Harald Dreher, Business Manager Neurosurgery
October - December 2016, Grzegorz Turek, MD, Poland
Patrick Schoppmeier, Junior Business Manager Shunts, Grzegorz Turek, 23rd WFNS-Aesculap Adult Fellow & Harald Dreher, Business Manager Neurosurgery
July - September 2016, Shabal Sapkota, MD, Nepal
Shabal Sapkota 22nd WFNS-Aesculap Adult Fellow & Harald Dreher, Business Manager Neurosurgery
April - June 2016, Sokhib Saidov Saidmurodovich, MD, Uzbekistan
Sokhib Saidov Saidmurodovich, 21st WFNS-Aesculap Adult Fellow & Armin Weisser, Director Global Marketing Neurosurgery
January - March 2016, Aliuzzaman Joarder, MD, Bangladesh
Aliuzzaman Joarder, 20th WFNS-Aesculap Adult Fellow & Armin Weisser, Director Global Marketing Neurosurgery
October - December 2015, Omotayo Abimbola Ojo, MD, Nigeria
Harald Dreher, Business Manager Neurosurgery & Omotayo Abimbola Ojo, 19th WFNS-Aesculap Adult Fellow
July - September 2015, Mr. Salvador Manrique-Guzmán, MD, Mexico
Salvador Manrique-Guzmán, 18th WFNS-Aesculap Adult Fellow & Armin Weisser, Director Global Marketing Neurosurgery
April - June 2015, Jamshid Kuzibaev, MD, Uzbekistan
Cahit Kural, 4th WFNS-Aesculap Pediatric Fellow, Jamshid Kuzibaev, 17th WFNS-Aesculap Adult Fellow & Armin Weisser, Director Group Product Management Neurosurgery
January - March 2015, Abbas Aziz Mahmoud, MD, Iraq
Armin Weisser, Director Group Product Management Neurosurgery & Abbas Aziz Mahmoud, 16th WFNS-Aesculap Adult Fellow
October - December 2014, Mohammad Muhtadi Al Jallad, MD, Jordan
Anar Feyziyev, 3rd WFNS-Aesculap Pediatric Fellow, Armin Weisser, Director Group Product Management Neurosurgery & Mohamad Muhtadi Al-Jallad, 15th WFNS-Aesculap Adult Fellow
July - September 2014, Anand Sudhakarrao Dank, MD, India
Anand Sudhakarrao Dank, 14th WFNS-Aesculap Adult Fellow & Rainer Emperle, Director Group Product Management Neurosurgery
April - June 2014, Serghei Borodin, MD, Republic of Moldova
Marina Khachatryan, 2nd WFNS-Aesculap Pediatric Fellow, Serghei Borodin, 13th WFNS-Aesculap Adult Fellow & Rainer Emperle, Director Group Product Management Neurosurgery
January - March 2014, Toma Spiriev, MD, Bulgaria
Lena Burghart, Sales Coordinator Region North/East Europe & Toma Spiriev, 12th WFNS-Aesculap Adult Fellow & Rainer Emperle, Director Group Product Management Neurosurgery
September - December 2013, Alex Roman, MD, Brazil
Armin Weisser, Director Group Product Management, Aesculap Neurosurgery & Alex Roman, 11th WFNS-Aesculap Adult Fellow
July - September 2013, Mohamed Abdelatif Boukebir, MD, Algeria
Armin Weisser, Director Group Product Management, Aesculap Neurosurgery & Mohamed Abdelatif Boukebir, 10th WFNS-Aesculap Adult Fellow
April - June 2013, Gordan Grahovac, MD, Croatia
Gordan Grahovac, 9th WFNS-Aesculap Adult Fellow & Armin Weisser, Director Group Product Management, Aesculap Neurosurgery
January - March 2013, Mohammad Zahir Shah, MD, Afghanistan
Armin Weisser, Director Group Product Management, Aesculap Neurosurgery & Mohammad Zahir Shah, 8th WFNS-Aesculap Adult Fellow
October - December 2012, Tigran Khachatryan, MD, Armenia
Rainer Emperle, Director Group Product Management, Aesculap Neurosurgery & Tigran Khachatryan, 7th WFNS-Aesculap Adult Fellow
July - September 2012, Tufail Ahmed Khan, MD, India
Armin Weisser, Director Group Product Management, Aesculap Neurosurgery & Tufail Ahmed Khan, 6th WFNS-Aesculap Adult Fellow
April - June 2012, Rajiv Kumar Jha, MD, Nepal
Rajiv Kumar Jha, 5th WFNS-Aesculap Adult Fellow & Ingo vom Berg, Vice President Marketing, Aesculap Neurosurgery
January - March 2012, Pranav Ghodgaonkar, MD, India
Armin Weisser, Director Group Product Management, Aesculap Neurosurgery & Pranav Ghodgaonkar, 4th WFNS-Aesculap Adult Fellow
September - December 2011, Abass Adam, MD, Ghana
Abass Adam, 3rd WFNS-Aesculap Adult Fellow & Ingo vom Berg, Vice President Marketing, Aesculap Neurosurgery
May - August 2011, Bruno Lobo, MD, Brazil
Ingo vom Berg, Vice President Marketing, Aesculap Neurosurgery & Bruno Lobo, 2nd WFNS-Aesculap Adult Fellow
November 2010 - February 2011, Payman Vahedi, MD, Iran
Ingo vom Berg, Vice President Marketing, Aesculap Neurosurgery & Payman Vahedi, 1st WFNS-Aesculap Adult Fellow